Chancery Mishcon de Reya demands posthumous pardon from Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK in 1955

Ruth Ellis is one of the most famous and tragic figures in British crime history. She was hanged in 1955 as the last woman in the UK after she shot her lover, the racer David Blakely. Decades later, the renowned London law firm Mishcon de Reya recently demands a posthumous pardon for the death of just 28-year-old Ellis. The murder of racer David Blakely Ruth Ellis (born Ruth Neilson) was born on October 9, 1926 as the fifth of six children and g…